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This is another great treat from MHC which will keep you in the dark till the end. I loved all the twists and turns and highly recommend it.
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One of the most horrendous fears parents harbor is the disappearance of their child. In Mary Higgins Clark's 30th novel, I'LL WALK ALONE, she uses this crime to tell the story of Alexandra "Zan" Moreland, a single mother and successful interior designer. When her son, Matthew, was three years old, he was taken while his babysitter slept on a blanket next to his stroller in Central Park. No sign of the boy ever appeared until his fifth birthday, when photos surface of "Zan" removing him from the carriage herself. Immediately the public turns against her. Even her ex-husband now believes she took Matthew and either secreted him away or killed him. Zan has another problem. Her identity is stolen, and someone is out not only to bankrupt her but to see that her life is ruined forever --- perhaps that she even dies.
With only her assistant in her corner, she vows to go ahead with the prospect of a gigantic project that will propel her into the spotlight. Since opening her own design firm, Zan has felt that her former boss, Bartley Longe, has turned against her with rabid hatred. She even believes that he is the one behind the kidnapping and possible murder of her child.
Zan begs the police (and anyone who will listen) to begin a full investigation into Longe's life to see if any trace of Matthew can be found. But she gets nowhere. A couple of friends introduce Zan to Father Aiden. When he re-examines the incriminating pictures carpeting the city, he begins to see Zan as an innocent woman. But was that really Zan in the photo? Did she have a psychotic break? She claims to remember almost nothing from the time Matthew was taken.
Never one to hold back in a page-turner, Mary Higgins Clark moves part of the story to an isolated farmhouse in the country. A nosy neighbor is very curious about the woman who rented the place for three months but paid a year in advance. Rebecca Schwartz, the real estate agent's best friend, decides to explore what is going on in that house. First she makes a "new neighbor" visit to deliver blueberry muffins. Then, when she's rebuffed, she decides to stake out the place. And her snooping pays off in unexpected ways.
I'LL WALK ALONE is one of Mary Higgins Clark's most suspenseful books. Fans and newcomers alike will find themselves staying up all night to find out what happens next. The author, who is now 83 years old and has no plans to retire, told a reviewer for the Wall Street Journal that she even "devised a fittingly macabre way to continue her legacy beyond the grave." She said, "I have instructions to put a big spiral notebook, a couple of pens and a glass of wine in the casket. And they'll do it."
With only her assistant in her corner, she vows to go ahead with the prospect of a gigantic project that will propel her into the spotlight. Since opening her own design firm, Zan has felt that her former boss, Bartley Longe, has turned against her with rabid hatred. She even believes that he is the one behind the kidnapping and possible murder of her child.
Zan begs the police (and anyone who will listen) to begin a full investigation into Longe's life to see if any trace of Matthew can be found. But she gets nowhere. A couple of friends introduce Zan to Father Aiden. When he re-examines the incriminating pictures carpeting the city, he begins to see Zan as an innocent woman. But was that really Zan in the photo? Did she have a psychotic break? She claims to remember almost nothing from the time Matthew was taken.
Never one to hold back in a page-turner, Mary Higgins Clark moves part of the story to an isolated farmhouse in the country. A nosy neighbor is very curious about the woman who rented the place for three months but paid a year in advance. Rebecca Schwartz, the real estate agent's best friend, decides to explore what is going on in that house. First she makes a "new neighbor" visit to deliver blueberry muffins. Then, when she's rebuffed, she decides to stake out the place. And her snooping pays off in unexpected ways.
I'LL WALK ALONE is one of Mary Higgins Clark's most suspenseful books. Fans and newcomers alike will find themselves staying up all night to find out what happens next. The author, who is now 83 years old and has no plans to retire, told a reviewer for the Wall Street Journal that she even "devised a fittingly macabre way to continue her legacy beyond the grave." She said, "I have instructions to put a big spiral notebook, a couple of pens and a glass of wine in the casket. And they'll do it."
Another good Clark book but altogether not as exciting as her earlier books.
I could not put the book down.
Not her best. Very predictable and slow
This book had a great premise - two years after the disappearance of her three year old son, evidence turns up which appears to show Zan Moreland may have been responsible - but the story failed to develop. Mary Higgins Clark's trademark of multiple plotlines that all tie into the central mystery isn't evident here. There are plenty of characters but they all have the same function - to debate whether or not Zan kidnapped her son, and it gets repetitive very quickly. It doesn't help that Zan, even though she's undergone an incredible trauma, isn't a very sympathetic character. When Zan isn't feeling sorry for herself, she's shrieking, and if she isn't shrieking, she's oddly detached, like the story is boring her too. This book isn't one of MHC's best.
Mary Higgins Clark new novel is about a Mother who experiences the disappearance of her child and also identity theft. The book spends more time explaining the disappearance of the child than it does identity theft. I found it rather boring and not one of Mary Higgins best novels.
Disappointed--just wanted something on the 'light' side to read in a day's time but this one is just almost too boring to stick with, it takes to develop the characters but in the first 1/4 of the book but they just seem boring and the story unfolds so slow it's hard to capture your entire attention--just I give it just an oh hum rating.
Easy read but good page-turner. I liked the twists and it really kept my interest throughout.
I read everything M.H. Clark writes....this book was just "good".....not GREAT like many of her other books. Still would recommend it though!
Love it
Poor Zan is absolutely crazy! Her son went missing by the girl she had watching him while she was out with a meeting with a potential client. The problem is, all of a sudden the papers show pictures of Zan herself taking her little boy out of his stroller out of the park which Zan knows she did not do. Or did she? Sometimes she thinks she did but goes back again to knowing she did not. Too bad there have been black outs in her past! That doesn't sit well for her in the detective's eyes. I love how this book is written, in such an orderly way. It is so suspenseful and you want to see what happens so you just have to keep reading. I would highly recommend it and think this is one of Mary's best books. Of course, for those of us who are reader's of Mary's books, you know that's not hard to find. All her books are pretty good reads!
